Nortel Networks has unveiled its business strategy complete with a raft of Internet telephony products that focus on the convergence of voice and data messaging. He said that the products are "an articulation of what convergence means for...
The author of "Newton's Telecom Dictionary" gave a keynote speech at this year's Networks Telecom show, urging people to prepare for convergence. Convergence is really a transport issue," said Newton.
If we told you voice and data convergence has arrived you may well say you've heard that before. The wider downturn and dot-com bust of the last two years have overshadowed the steady improvement in the technologies and integration that are...
What I see as a big step forward is convergence around music," he said. U.K.mobile communications provider O2 is set to swell its portfolio of wireless converged devices in Asia, pledging to double product shipments in the region.
Convergence, it seems, can deliver benefits indirectly to the market as well as directly to the network. Convergence in itself does not guarantee success. Convergence is an overused and loaded term in the telecoms industry.
Third-generation mobile operator 3 has slammed the idea of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), labelling the technology a niche product. He said: "From a UK mobile perspective we are much more sceptical about what is called fixed-mobile convergence.